Farah Jasmine Griffin

Farah Jasmine Griffin is the William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative
Literature and African American Studies at Columbia University. She is the author of Who Set
You Flowin'?: The African American Migration arrative; If You Can't Be Free, Be a Mystery:
In Search of Billie Holiday; Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists and Progressive Politics During
World War II; and Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and
Literature, among other works.